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Quiz about Mystical Number Seven
Quiz about Mystical Number Seven

Mystical Number Seven Trivia Quiz


Seven has always been regarded as a mystical, even sacred number. This quiz is about its occurrence in religion, legends, film, literature and even linguistics.

A multiple-choice quiz by beatka. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
beatka
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
112,202
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
5805
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (5/10), psnz (10/10), Guest 97 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Let's start with the Bible, one of the most important books ever written. Pharaoh of the Book of Genesis had a memorable dream where he saw seven fat ____ and seven lean ones. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who, according to the Bible, sounded the seven trumpets that brought down the walls of the city of Jericho? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Bible again. In the Book of Apocalypse, known also as the Book of Revelation, we find seven angels with trumpets of warning, announcing the seven last ____.

Answer: (one word, seven letters)
Question 4 of 10
4. 'Seventh ___ Adventists' are a religious group, who consider Saturday the Christian Sabbath. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Pyramids, the wonderful manifestation of ancient Egyptian architectural genius can be admired to this day. They were one of the seven buildings or monuments called the Seven ____ of the World.

Answer: (one word)
Question 6 of 10
6. A fairy tale monster, by the name of Bluebeard, had seven ____ and he murdered them systematically, one by one. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'Snow White and the Seven ____' is the title of another very popular fairy tale.

Answer: (one word)
Question 8 of 10
8. 'Seven ____' is a film by the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Ingmar Bergman's landmark movie is called the 'Seventh ___'. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'Seventh ____' is the name for a state of extreme happiness, bliss, ecstasy. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Let's start with the Bible, one of the most important books ever written. Pharaoh of the Book of Genesis had a memorable dream where he saw seven fat ____ and seven lean ones.

Answer: cows

The story is relayed in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 41. Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, had a dream in which he saw seven fat cows that were subsequently eaten by seven thin cows. According to Joseph, who interpreted the dream, the seven fat cows stood for seven years of prosperity in Egypt, followed by seven years of starvation symbolised by seven thin cows.

As a reward for explaining the dream, Joseph was appointed the governor of Egypt.
2. Who, according to the Bible, sounded the seven trumpets that brought down the walls of the city of Jericho?

Answer: seven priests

The Biblical (Joshua, Chapter 6) account of the fall of Jericho; a city conquered and destroyed by the Israelites. According to the Bible, for seven days the Israelites marched around the city and, on the seventh day, the priests blew their trumpets, the people shouted and the walls of the city came down.
3. The Bible again. In the Book of Apocalypse, known also as the Book of Revelation, we find seven angels with trumpets of warning, announcing the seven last ____.

Answer: plagues

Seven last plagues precede the end of the world and the return of Messiah on the Judgement Day. The detailed description can be found in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 14, 15 and 16.
4. 'Seventh ___ Adventists' are a religious group, who consider Saturday the Christian Sabbath.

Answer: Day

The group was created in 1845. They base their religious beliefs exclusively on the Bible, according to which God rested on the seventh day, after six days of Creation. Therefore the seventh day of the week, Saturday is observed by them as the day of rest and worship.
5. Pyramids, the wonderful manifestation of ancient Egyptian architectural genius can be admired to this day. They were one of the seven buildings or monuments called the Seven ____ of the World.

Answer: Wonders

Other buildings or monuments, which used to be considered the wonders of the ancient world: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Phidias's statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum of king Mausolus at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos (a lighthouse) at Alexandria, do not exist anymore.
6. A fairy tale monster, by the name of Bluebeard, had seven ____ and he murdered them systematically, one by one.

Answer: wives

Bluebeard is a monstrous protagonist of Charles Perrault's fairy tale entitled 'Barbe Bleue' (the French for 'Bluebeard'). Bluebeard kills his wives and keeps their bodies in a secret chamber, murdering each new wife who discovers them. But the last wife manages to escape this terrible fate.
7. 'Snow White and the Seven ____' is the title of another very popular fairy tale.

Answer: Dwarfs

It is a fairy-tale by the Brothers Grimm. The story was also adapted into a Disney movie in 1937. The story goes as follows: Beautiful Snow White is to be murdered by the order of a cruel Queen. However, the Huntsman who is supposed to kill her in the forest pities her and lets her escape. She finds refuge in the house of seven dwarfs working in a diamond mine.
8. 'Seven ____' is a film by the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

Answer: Samurai

Released in 1954, it was regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. The battle sequences are among the best ever filmed. The film was remade by John Sturges into the movie 'The Magnificent Seven' (1960).
9. Ingmar Bergman's landmark movie is called the 'Seventh ___'.

Answer: Seal

The protagonist of the movie, a medieval knight portrayed by the famous Swedish actor Max Von Sydow, challenges Death to a game of chess. His life is at stake of course. The movie was released in 1957.
10. 'Seventh ____' is the name for a state of extreme happiness, bliss, ecstasy.

Answer: heaven

For instance: he was in seventh heaven when he found out that he had passed his exam. Origin of this saying: there are seven heavens in the Muslim religion and cabalist system, and the seventh is the highest of them.
Source: Author beatka

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